| Pallifera | |
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| Pallifera fosteri | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Philomycidae |
| Genus: | Pallifera E. S. Morse, 1864 |
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Pallifera is a genus of air-breathing land slugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Philomycidae.
Species
editSpecies include:[1]
- Pallifera costaricensis (Mörch, 1857) [2]
- Pallifera dorsalis (Binney, 1842) – pale mantleslug
- Pallifera fosteri – Foster mantleslug
- Pallifera hemphilli – black mantleslug
- Pallifera marmorea – marbled mantleslug
- Pallifera megaphallica – woody mantleslug
- Pallifera ohioensis – redfoot mantleslug
- Pallifera pilsbryi – Arizona mantleslug
- Pallifera ragsdalei – whiteface mantleslug
- Pallifera secreta – severed mantleslug
- Pallifera tournescalis – Ouachita mantleslug
- Pallifera varia – variable mantleslug
Cladogram
editA cladogram based on sequences of cytochrome-c oxidase I (COI) genes showing phylogenic relations of genera in the family Philomycidae by Tsai & Wu (2008)[3] (simplified):
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Arion and Deroceras were used as outgroup.[3]
References
edit- ^ Pallifera. Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
- ^ Barrientos, Zaidett (2003). "Lista de especies de moluscos terrestres (Archaeogastropoda, Mesogastropoda, Archaeopulmonata, Stylommatophora, Soleolifera) informadas para Costa Rica". Revista de Biología Tropical. 51: 293–304.
- ^ a b Tsai C.-L. & Wu S.-K. (2008). A new Meghimatium slug (Pulmonata: Philomycidae) from Taiwan. Zoological Studies 47(6): 759-766. PDF.
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